Travel Operators IATA: Online Platform for Travel Agent Accreditation by GTP editing team 8 March 2016 by GTP editing team 8 March 2016 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has launched an online platform for travel agents to submit their application for IATA accreditation. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Can Women in Greek Tourism ‘Make it Happen’? by GTP editing team 7 March 2016 by GTP editing team 7 March 2016 “You’ve come a long way, baby” …that’s how US cigarette company Philip Morris marketed its lady-like smokes, the Virginia Slims, to young professional women in 1968. Today, some 48 years … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Kountoura: Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Kos Bookings Decline by GTP editing team 7 March 2016 by GTP editing team 7 March 2016 Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura recently confirmed that 2016 bookings are down at the Greek islands that are under pressure due to refugee flows. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Destinations news Greek Islands Seek to Gain from Santorini’s Cap on Cruise Traffic by GTP editing team 7 March 2016 by GTP editing team 7 March 2016 Smaller and less popular Greek islands are looking to tap into cruise traffic turned away from Santorini, following a decision by the island’s authorities last week to implement a system … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Greece: New Tourism Action Plan to Support Islands Struggling with Refugee Influx by GTP editing team 4 March 2016 by GTP editing team 4 March 2016 Greece has announced a tourism action plan in view of the new season, which sets out a series of actions required in order to strengthen market share, secure revenue growth … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Sea Tourism Greek Shipping Body Says Sector Saw Decline in 2015, Hopeful about 2016 by GTP editing team 4 March 2016 by GTP editing team 4 March 2016 Capital controls, the unstable political situation and September elections took a toll on Greek coastal shipping results for 2015, which Association of Greek Passenger Shipping Companies (SEEN) president, Michalis Sakellis, … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Coming Soon: United Airlines’ Seasonal Nonstop Service Between Athens and New York by GTP editing team 4 March 2016 by GTP editing team 4 March 2016 United Airlines is getting ready to introduce its daily nonstop service between Athens and its New York hub, Newark Liberty International Airport. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy Turkey Moves Closer to Visa-free EU Travel by GTP editing team 4 March 2016 by GTP editing team 4 March 2016 Turkey’s progress towards meeting the conditions for Turkish citizens to travel in the Schengen area without a visa was noted in a report released on Friday by the European Commission. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy Tusk: Greece will Remain Part of Schengen, Euro Area and EU by GTP editing team 3 March 2016 by GTP editing team 3 March 2016 EU Council president Donald Tusk on Thursday assured Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras that the European Union will not abandon Greece, one of the main entry-points to Europe for refugees. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Airlines Serving Remote Greek Islands Get 6-month Extension to Contracts by GTP editing team 3 March 2016 by GTP editing team 3 March 2016 A six-month extension has been given to airline companies serving remote Greek islands whose contracts expire next month, Infrastructure Minister Christos Spirtzis said this week. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel Local Sector Pros Urge Creation of Body to Promote Nea Anchialos Airport by GTP editing team 3 March 2016 by GTP editing team 3 March 2016 Central Greece tourist professionals have teamed up to push for the creation of a promotion body which will focus on attracting tourism to the region through the Nea Anchialos Airport … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Greece Hotel Units in the Red by GTP editing team 2 March 2016 by GTP editing team 2 March 2016 Greek hotel owners seem to be unable to pay back the loans they’ve taken out, according to Bank of Greece (BoG) deputy governor Theodore Mitrakos. Out of a total of … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Company updates Mouzenidis Group Moscow Meet Brings Greece Closer to Russia by GTP editing team 2 March 2016 by GTP editing team 2 March 2016 More than 700 tour operators from across Russia participated in the Mouzenidis Group’s 1st Business Forum 2016 held at the Renaissance Monarch Center in Moscow on Tuesday, which cast the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Trade Associations - Gov Kountoura Talks Tourism with Foreign Ambassadors in Athens by GTP editing team 1 March 2016 by GTP editing team 1 March 2016 Aiming to boost arrivals from new markets, Greek Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura on Tuesday held successive meetings in Athens with the ambassadors of the Czech Republic, Australia and India. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality PwC: Greek Hotels Up for Sale but No Signs of Interest by GTP editing team 1 March 2016 by GTP editing team 1 March 2016 The Greek hospitality investment market seems to be in hibernation with at least 225 hotels currently on offer but no signs of interest from potential buyers, a PwC report found. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Air Travel IATA: The BSP Turns 45 by GTP editing team 1 March 2016 by GTP editing team 1 March 2016 On March 1, 1971, the very first “Billing Settlement Plan” (BSP) was established in Japan. BSP is a system designed to facilitate and simplify the selling, reporting and remitting procedures … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hospitality Greece Hoteliers Up in Arms Over Cancellations Due to Refugee Crisis by GTP editing team 29 February 2016 by GTP editing team 29 February 2016 Hoteliers associations across Greece, including on the islands and at border regions, are ringing alarm bells, calling on the government to take immediate measures as bookings to these destinations have … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Laws, Regulations & Policy Visa Issue on the Agenda of SETE, Hellenic Russian Chamber of Commerce by GTP editing team 29 February 2016 by GTP editing team 29 February 2016 The Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) and the Hellenic Russian Chamber of Commerce recently exchanged views to find solutions to difficulties that have arisen in the processing of biometric visa applications … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Event News Feast Greece off to Texas for SXSW Digital Creativity Fair by GTP editing team 29 February 2016 by GTP editing team 29 February 2016 Crowd funding event organizers Feast Greece will be participating in one of the world’s largest digital creativity fairs – the 23rd annual SXSW Interactive Festival – to be held in … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture KEPE Report: Cultural Tourism Next Big Thing, Greece Lagging Behind by GTP editing team 26 February 2016 by GTP editing team 26 February 2016 Cultural tourism is one of the fastest growing markets worldwide and yet Greece seems to be lagging behind, according to findings announced by the Athens-based Center of Planning and Economic … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
